The all-volunteer PASS Summit Program Committee has had one of its
most challenging years ever, working tirelessly over the past 6 weeks to select
the best educational sessions for this year’s conference from an exceptional
pool of 650+ abstracts.

Today, we’re proud to announce the PASS Summit 2011
regular sessions and 4 new
half-day sessions, designed to give attendees a deeper look at everything
from performance tuning and indexing to hardware configurations and scaling SQL
Server. The sessions are spread across 6 tracks, include the new SQL Azure
track.
Read more.

Dallas Hosting PASS SQLRally 2012! Congratulations to Dallas
and the North Texas SQL Server User
Group, which will be hosting PASS SQLRally 2012 next spring! PASS HQ and
NTSSUG are currently working to nail down the event venue and dates – watch the
Connector and Twitter (hashtag #sqlrally) for the latest updates.
Read more.

Congratulations to all three new Officers.
Read on for more about the new PASS Board 2012 Officers.

Interview: Stay up-to-date with “Denali”Rick Heiges, PASS VP Marketing, recently sat down with Jennifer
Moser of Microsoft who sits on the PASS Board of Directors.

Rick: Jennifer I know you are excited about reaching out to
the community and keeping everyone informed on the latest and greatest Microsoft
news. Can you tell us more about the next version release of Microsoft SQL
Server, code name “Denali”?

Jennifer: Well Rick, I can tell you that the next CTP
(Community Technology Preview) for SQL Server, code name "Denali", is coming
soon. The SQL Server engineering team is working hard on high-availability
improvements with Always On. They are also focusing on data discovery and
visualization with Project "Crescent", and are looking at the integrated
development experience of Project "Juneau".

Rick: So, how do I find out more?

Jennifer: To be notified of the CTP release, you can
sign up here with Microsoft or stay tuned to the PASS Connector newsletter
for regular updates.

Outdoor and fashion enthusiast, “crafty” mom, and PASS Speaker Programs
Coordinator Elena Sebastiano speaks out on her mission to support PASS event
speakers with all the resources they need—and how to dress for success at PASS
Summit. Read more.

Save $600 on Summit Only Until June 30!

The only thing better than attending
PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle
Oct. 11-14? Saving $600 by registering in June. Hurry! This rate on the largest
and most intensive Microsoft SQL Server and BI conference in the world is good
for only 2 more weeks.
Register
now, and apply your savings to a full-day
pre-conference seminar or two with the industry’s top experts.

Best of PASS SQLRally 2011 Orlando
Congratulations to presenters of the top 5 sessions from PASS SQLRally 2011 in
Orlando as rated by attendees!